--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Dec 2, 2005, at 11:27 AM, authfriend wrote: [Vaj wrote, then snipped:] > > > Maybe you're right and he did not forgive the spiritual > > > incest which took place. > > > > Or maybe he didn't think there had been any, given that > > he has been willing to state in public, on national > > television, that MMY wasn't into "chicks." He didn't > > have to say that; he wasn't *asked* about it by Charlie > > Rose. He volunteered it, in the course of explaining > > why he felt MMY was "the real thing" (also something he > > volunteered). > > Without asking P., we cannot say. I take it to mean he is a monk, > at least most of the time.
He was comparing MMY to "fake" gurus--other monks, or spiritual teachers from whom one would expect chastity. In that context, obviously he was referring to hanky- panky with women of the sort MMY has been accused of: "And he gave us his book, the great wise man, gave us his book, because he was one of the ones that wasn't a fake. There were a lot of them around that time who were into Rolls Royces and chicks. And he wasn't one of them." Couldn't be a much clearer statement of Paul's belief that the accusations were false. That you would suggest otherwise is yet more confirmation of your problem with objectivity (or maybe just with honesty). As I said, Paul didn't "forgive" MMY because he didn't think there was anything *to* forgive. > > That doesn't mean he's right, of course, but it does > > strongly suggest it's what he believes. > > > > Hey, maybe Paul is a True Believer! At this point, your initial attempt to claim Paul had "seen the light" and was no longer an admirer of MMY having crashed and burned rather spectacularly, your agenda would be a lot better served by doing a 180 and scorning Paul as a TB. > > (And maybe the notion of "spiritual incest" is a crock > > to begin with, for reasons I've discussed extensively > > elsewhere, to no response from Vaj.) > > If you have a hard time with the phrase, you should take it up > with the spiritual abuse groups who use the phrase. I did not > invent the phrase "spiritual incest", so what am I to respond to? > Your denial or your confusion? I've taken it up with you because you so obviously wholeheartedly approve of it, having used it to justify labeling MMY a "pervert." Who invented the phrase is irrelevant. It's a nitwit notion, for reasons I've gone into at some length, as noted. And unfortunately you won't be able to show either denial or confusion in what I wrote. (Just BTW, Vaj, your judicious snipping technique may work to obscure context when you're having an exchange with someone who gets FFL by email; but you should really eschew it with those who read and respond on the Web site, who can easily go back and restore what you snipped from the earlier post. Makes you look, you know, kinda shifty.) ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
